Ledbetter v. Goodyear Tire & Rubber(2007): in a 5-4 decision the Supreme Court ruled that employees must file lawsuits under federal anti-discrimination laws within 180 days after their pay rate is set, even if they don’t learn about the initial discriminatory act until long after the incident occurs. (Ms. Lilly Ledbetter didn’t realize she was being paid substantially less than her male colleagues until years later.)

Or if the Alaska Governor were a history buff, she might have mentioned:

Plessy v. Ferguson: the historic (1896) Supreme Court decision (7-1) which ruled “separate but equal” was constitutional even with respect to public services like railroads and schools. The ruling was overturned in the landmark 1954 Brown v. Board of Education decision.

Tonight, Mrs. Palin won’t have to face that pesky Katie Couric and her brain twisters. But watch out! PBS’s Gwen Ifill might just ask who her favorite Cabinet Secretaries are.

And if Palin cares so much about Roe v. Wade, she ought to know about Griswold v. Connecticut – that’s the decision that invalidated a CT law against contraception, on the grounds that it violated privacy.